K650m plunder in Malawi embassies, visa fees abused: PAC ask govt to discipline errant diplomats

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament  has said all Malawi’s foreign missions has been abusing  visa fees and all audited embassies  failed to account for them,  therefore   the committee has asked the new Tonse Alliance led government  to act on errant diplomats. In a report of PAC’s scrutiny of the Auditor General’s reports of […]

Parliament’s PAC to probe Pioneer Investment’s K567m ‘Cashgate’ over Malawi Police rations

Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC)  suspects fraud in a K567 million interest payout controversy involving food supplier Pioneer Investments and Malawi Police Service (MPS), saying it will investigate the matter. PAC chairperson Alekeni Menyani said this after Nyasa Times  first reported recently that the Auditor General  Stevenson Kamphasa was  “bulldozed” to authorise a payment to a company owned by […]

PAC hearings on Malawi Auditor General’s report suspended: Crisis!

Cracks have appeared in the Malawi Constitution following an impromptu suspension of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearings over the Auditor General’s Report on the Accounts of the City, Town and District Councils in Lilongwe, Nyasa Times has learnt. A scheduled full hearing for the controlling officers on  the management of public funds in the country’s […]